First and Last Honda Accord

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04-15-2013, 06:27 PM

shipo

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Who sold you a 4cyl Accord as a V6? A dealer? That's very suspicious. I wonder what other illegal things they have done. Maybe the car started out as a V6, but they replaced the motor with a high mileage 4cyl. engine? I 'd be very skeptical of this car. Did you run a Carfax on it before you purchased it?

Harry

I'm thinking a swap is pretty unlikely. Why? If I'm not mistaken, the four-banger has the engine on the left of the engine bay and the V6 is on the right side of the bay. Said another way, the two are so vastly different I'm thinking the only way to get the VIN to disagree would be if two different cars were cut in half and welded together (a fairly common thing; take a car which has been rear-ended and a second that has front end damage, and make one good car out of them).

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04-15-2013, 06:59 PM

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I had brake light issues with mine when I first got it. I only had to change the brake light switch at the pedal and was good to go there. As far as the sputters and backfires, have you had the chance to get any of the codes read? I had a similar issue on a different model vehicle and it turned out to be nothing but a throttle position sensor. The issue even went as far as causing a fire in the throttle body. I hope this helps restore SOME of your faith in your accord.

got the codes... cylinder 1 and 2 misfires... and a emissions code...

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04-15-2013, 07:04 PM

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The dealer sold it to me as a v6... just checked the vin number on honda owners and it says it was a 4 cyl. No didnt check the car fax... have heard bad things about car fax especially lately.

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04-15-2013, 08:39 PM

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If the paperwork from the dealer shows a "V6" and the engine and VIN say 4-Cylinder, then you have recourse against the dealer. Might be time to talk to a lawyer or at least the BBB.

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04-15-2013, 11:02 PM

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I agree Shipo

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04-18-2013, 11:33 AM

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I have a 1997, my 4th Accord, so far...so good...

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04-18-2013, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shipo

If the paperwork from the dealer shows a "V6" and the engine and VIN say 4-Cylinder, then you have recourse against the dealer. Might be time to talk to a lawyer or at least the BBB.

That's a casr for a lawyer..I see maybe a new complete car coming